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Netflix! What started in 1997 as a DVD rental service has since exploded into one of the largest entertainment and media companies.

Given the large number of movies and series available on the platform, it is a perfect opportunity to flex your exploratory data analysis skills and dive into the entertainment industry. Our friend has also been brushing up on their Python skills and has taken a first crack at a CSV file containing Netflix data. They believe that the average duration of movies has been declining. Using your friends initial research, you'll delve into the Netflix data to see if you can determine whether movie lengths are actually getting shorter and explain some of the contributing factors, if any.

You have been supplied with the dataset netflix_data.csv , along with the following table detailing the column names and descriptions. This data does contain null values and some outliers, but handling these is out of scope for the project. Feel free to experiment after submitting!

The data

netflix_data.csv

ColumnDescription
show_idThe ID of the show
typeType of show
titleTitle of the show
directorDirector of the show
castCast of the show
countryCountry of origin
date_addedDate added to Netflix
release_yearYear of Netflix release
durationDuration of the show in minutes
descriptionDescription of the show
genreShow genre
# Importing pandas and matplotlib
import pandas as pd
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

# Start coding!
netflix_df = pd.read_csv('netflix_data.csv')  

# See all types of genres in genre
unique_genres = netflix_df['genre'].unique()
print(unique_genres)
# Subset the DataFrame for type "Movie"
netflix_subset = netflix_df[netflix_df["type"] == "Movie"]
#Create new DataFrame
columns_to_keep = ['title', 'country', 'genre', 'release_year', 'duration']
netflix_movies = netflix_subset[columns_to_keep]
# Filter for durations shorter than 60 minutes
short_movies = netflix_movies[netflix_movies.duration < 60]
print(short_movies)
print(netflix_movies)
# Define an empty list
colors = []

# Iterate over rows of netflix_movies
for label, row in netflix_movies.iterrows() :
    if row["genre"] == "Children" :
        colors.append("red")
    elif row["genre"] == "Documentaries" :
        colors.append("blue")
    elif row["genre"] == "Stand-Up":
        colors.append("green")
    else:
        colors.append("black")
print(netflix_movies)
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

# Assuming netflix_movies is a pandas DataFrame and colors is defined

# Create scatter plot
fig = plt.figure(figsize=(12,8))
plt.scatter(netflix_movies.release_year, netflix_movies.duration, c=colors)

# Add labels and title
plt.xlabel("Release year")
plt.ylabel("Duration (min)")
plt.title("Movie Duration by Year of Release")

# Show plot
plt.show()
# Are we certain that movies are getting shorter?
answer = "no"